document.write( "Question 909845: two trains leave the city at the same time, one travels north and the other south at 20mph faster. IN 2 hours the trains are 280 miles apart find their rates? \n" ); document.write( "
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r speed of slower train
\n" ); document.write( "D = rt
\n" ); document.write( "2r + 2(r+20) = 280mi
\n" ); document.write( "4r = 240
\n" ); document.write( "r = 60mph, speed of slower train. Faster train, 80mph \"6020\"
\n" ); document.write( "And
\n" ); document.write( "120mi + 160m = 280mi
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